Jens, could you not set the shutter speed rather than the aperture, thus overcomimg the (noted by me also) tendency for a fairly low shutter sped to be used? It surely will balance out so that you still get the nicely lit background if you so wish?
John Coyle Brisbane, Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jens Bladt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 8:50 AM Subject: RE: A question about the Mz-S... > The "fuzz" is clearly about using FAJ lenses with the MZ-S, wich doesn't > have an aperture control on the bodey, right? > > This would give (me) a problem, 'cause I allways shoot flash in manual mode > (with TTL flash), because Pentax cameras, IMO have a annoying habit of using > too slow shutterspeeds in Programmed Autoflash mode (Of cource it's nice, > that backgrounds are well lit - that's obviously the reason for Pentax > program choise - but if people etc. are mooving around, the speed, which the > program offers, are often to slow, to freeze any motion). > > So, I set the aperture ring to whatever I find suitable to get a fast enough > shutter speed. Working this way I'm in control of how well the background is > lit/how much motion is frozen. This gets nice results. > > This can't be done with a MZ-S using a FAJ lens, now can it?. > > Regards > Jens > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > Fra: Nenad Djurdjevic [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sendt: 12. februar 2004 04:05 > Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Emne: Re: A question about the Mz-S... > > > I don't own a MZ-S but I can't see what all the fuss is about. Can't you > can change the speed/aperture to any desired value by simply turning the > thumbwheel? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 7:09 PM > Subject: Re: A question about the Mz-S... > > > > Mark Cassino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >At 08:28 AM 2/12/2004 +1000, you wrote: > > > > > >>Does this mean that all of these new lenses without aperture rings are > > >>unusable on the MZ-S? > > > > > >Useable in program and shutter priority only. > > > > Also note that "all those new lenses" is only three lenses, one of > > which, the DA 16-45, isn't intended for any film camera (though it > > supposedly works fine from 20mm up). > > > > -- > > Mark Roberts > > Photography and writing > > www.robertstech.com > > > > >
